Build An Alexa Trivia Skill in Python

What You Will Learn

• AWS Lambda
• Alexa Skills Kit (ASK)
• Using the Skill builder (beta)
• Voice User Interface (VUI) Design

What You Will Need

• Amazon Developer Portal Account
• Amazon Web Services Account
• The sample code on GitHub.
• A basic understanding of Python.

What Your Skill Will Do

This simple "quiz" Skill will teach you how the different pieces of the Alexa Skill development process fit together. The Skill allows users to request a simple multiple choice trivia with 5 random questions about Reindeer.

We use will use the new Skill builder UI to build the Skill although the quiz itself does not employ the new "Dialog-Delegate interface" model.